The arrival of the ASUS ROG Phone 5 may not be far away as it was recently certified by the TENAA and 3C authorities of China. Today, the smartphone emerged in Geekbench’s database (via). It appears that the Taiwanese tech giant could be testing the performance of the device before making it official.
On Geekbench, the ASUS_I005DA (model number of ASUS ROG Phone 5) smartphone has appeared with Snapdragon 888 mobile platform. The SoC which is mentioned with its ‘lahaina’ codename is coupled with 16 GB of RAM. The handset can be seen running on Android 11 OS. In the single-core and multi-core tests of Geekbench, the handset scored 1125 and 3714, respectively. Back in December, the 8 GB RAM variant of the device was seen at Geekbench.
The TENAA listing of the phone had revealed that its dimensions are 172.834 x 77.252 x 10.29mm and it houses a massive display of 6.78 inches. It could be featuring an OLED panel with support for a high refresh rate.
The ROG Phone 5 is backed by a 6,000mAh dual-cell battery. Its 3C certification revealed that it could be arriving with support for 65W rapid charging.
The images of the ROG Phone 5 that have appeared so far suggests that it is fitted with a secondary display on its back. The images also suggest that the Taiwanese company has partnered with Tencent Games to offered an optimized gaming experience on the ROG Phone 5. It is expected to feature a 64-megapixel triple camera system.
ASUS is yet to confirm the launch date of the ROG Phone 5. Rumors have it that a slew of new phones is going to launch in China after the Chinese New Year, which falls on Feb. 12. Hence, it is likely that the ROG Phone 5 may debut by the end of this month or early March.
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